46.7% ▲ +109.8%
Higher than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Coolangatta · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Coolangatta
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Coolangatta report having no religion, making it the most common response for the area. This shift is stark, with the number of people claiming no faith jumping 24 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 46.7% of people have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This is much higher than most similar areas, while 44.2% of the community still identify with a Christian faith.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Coolangatta splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 46.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 19.3%
- Anglican 12.6%
- Other Christian 4.6%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.0%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30902/coolangatta/topic/religion